Woman Deposits $6,000 Into Scammer’s JPMorgan Chase Account, Banking Giant Says Reimbursement Not Happening: Report

August 30, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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JPMorgan Chase says it’s not responsible after an Ohio woman deposited $6,000 directly into a scammer’s Chase bank account. The scammer initially called the victim and pretended to be with Huntington Bank, convincing her that a fraudulent transaction would execute if she didn’t withdraw the cash from her account, reports the CBS-affiliated Cleveland 19 News, […]

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Scammers Triggering Unauthorized ATM Withdrawals, Draining Cash Directly From Victims’ Bank Accounts: Cybersecurity Researchers

August 30, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Cybersecurity researchers say scammers have found a sophisticated way to drain bank accounts directly from ATMs – without needing a debit card in hand. Experts at the cybersecurity software firm ESET say they’ve discovered a dangerous and unprecedented type of malware they’re calling NGate. To begin the attack, scammers deploy a phishing technique to embed […]

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‘Pig Butchering’ Is the Most Lucrative Crypto Scam in 2024: Chainalysis

August 29, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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New data from market analytics platform Chainalysis reveals that “pig butchering” schemes are the most lucrative type of crypto scam in 2024. In its 2024 crypto crime mid-year report, Chainalays reveals that pig butchering – or a scheme where bad actors use online personas to slowly gain the trust of their victims to encourage them […]

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SEC Charges Brothers for Fake Crypto Trading Bot That Led to Misappropriation of About $54,000,000

August 28, 2024 The Daily Hodl

SEC Charges Brothers for Fake Crypto Trading Bot That Led to Misappropriation of About ,000,000

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two brothers with allegedly operating a $61.5 million Ponzi scheme that relied on promoting a fake crypto trading bot. The SEC accuses Jonathan Adam and his brother Tanner Adam of luring in more than 80 investors across the country by promising 13.5% monthly returns via a crypto […]

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DOJ Thanks Tether for Assistance in Seizure of $5,000,000 USDT in Fraud Scheme

August 25, 2024 The Daily Hodl

DOJ Thanks Tether for Assistance in Seizure of ,000,000 USDT in Fraud Scheme

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says stablecoin issuer Tether has helped authorities recover funds stolen for victims of a prevalent crypto investment scam. In a statement, the Justice Department announces the seizure of nearly $5 million worth of the stablecoin USDT that were traced to wallets allegedly used to launder the proceeds of pig […]

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‘De-Anonymizing’ Firm Arkham Launches Bounty To Identify Owners of Wallets Associated With Fraudulent Altcoin Project

August 25, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Blockchain analytics firm Arkham is launching a bounty program to identify the owners of crypto wallets linked to a digital asset scam. In a new post on the social media platform X, de-anonymizing firm Arkham says it’s offering four bounties in collaboration with the Restore the Republic (RTR) memecoin. One bounty is for identifying the […]

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Hackers Behind DMM Crypto Exchange’s $305,000,000 Bitcoin Heist Move 850 BTC: Blockchain Security Firm

August 24, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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The hackers who plundered $305 million worth of Bitcoin from a Japanese crypto exchange earlier this year are moving their BTC. In May, the Japanese trading platform DMM Bitcoin lost 4,502.9 BTC in what the crypto investigative firm Chainalysis called “the seventh-largest crypto hack ever.” The blockchain security firm PeckShield says wallets associated with the hackers […]

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Scammer Drains $1,400,000 From Elderly Widow As JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Other Financial Giants Sit and Watch: Report

August 24, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other US financial giants reportedly failed to stop a scam that wiped out an 85-year-old woman’s life savings. Annette Manes, a widowed social worker, is a victim of a scheme that drained $1.4 million over the course of 279 days, reports Bloomberg. Manes says the scammers, who […]

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10,953 Customers at Two US Banks Receive Data Breach Alerts As Lenders Warn Extremely Sensitive Information at Risk

August 24, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Two US banks are issuing alerts to customers informing them that their personally identifying data has potentially been compromised. According to new filings with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, TD Bank and Summit National Bank say they’ve suffered data breaches that occurred between the third quarter of 2023 and the second quarter of […]

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Solana-Based DeFi Platform Mango Markets Drafts Proposal for Settlement Conditions With SEC

August 22, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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A decentralized finance (DeFi) platform based on the smart contract platform Solana (SOL) is drafting a proposal to settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a new community proposal, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) of Mango Markets (MNGO) has voted to settle with the SEC even though the regulator hasn’t formally charged […]

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